This article lists political parties in Peru.

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

has a

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with several

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competing in legislative elections according to a

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system. As a consequence, it is rare for any single political organization to obtain an absolute majority in the

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, thus, these parties often work with each other to form

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Active Parties

Active parties without registration

* ADP Political Party * Battle Peru *

Christian Democratic Party __NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...

* Christian People's Party * Citizen Force * Citizens for Peru Party * Country For All *

Communist Party of Peru (Red Fatherland) Communism as a political philosophy in Peru dates back to the 1920s, a period where new ideological currents entered the country. Throughout the movement's history, a number of parties, movements and organisations in the country have referred t ...

* Communist Party of Peru (Marxist-Leninist) *

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* Good Government Party * Green Earth Transformative Coalition * Hacer País * Let's Progress * Modern Force Party *

Movement for Socialism Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (; MAS or MAS-IPSP), is a socialist political party in Bolivia. Its followers are known as ''Masistas''. In the 2005 Bolivian general election, December 2005 el ...

(currently part of

Together for Peru Together for Peru () is a Peruvian Centre-left politics, centre-left to Left-wing politics, left-wing Political alliance, political coalition founded with the incumbent registration of the Peruvian Humanist Party. Formally a registered political ...

) * Nation Now *

New Peru New Peru for Good Living (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Nuevo Perú por el Buen Vivir'') is a left-wing Peruvian political party founded in 2017 as a splinter caucus of the Broad Front (Peru), Broad Front for the Historical Composition of the Per ...

* People First *

Peru Nation Peru Action (, PA) (previously Peru Nation (, PN) is a minor centre-right Peruvian political party. History Founded in November 2015 by former congressman Francisco Diez Canseco Távara as ''Peru Nation'', the party initially participated in ...

Peruvian Communist Party The Peruvian Communist Party (; PCP) is a communist party in Peru that was founded as the Peruvian Socialist Party (, PSP) in 1928 by a group led by José Carlos Mariátegui until its name change in 1930. In contemporary Peruvian politics, it is ...

(currently part of

) *

Peru Secure Homeland Peru Secure Homeland () is a Centre-right politics, centre-right Peruvian political party founded on 26 September 2013 by former members of the defunct Cambio 90, founded by former President Alberto Fujimori in 1990. History Debuting in natio ...

(formerly

Cambio 90 Cambio 90 (lit. ''Change 90'', C90) was a Peruvian right-wing political party which entered the political spectrum in early 1990, and throughout the 1990s until late-2000 was the most powerful political party in Peru alongside New Majority (Per ...

) *

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(currently part of

) *

Unity and Peace Party Unity is the state of being as one (either literally or figuratively). It may also refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, ...

* Voices of the People * Yes, I Believe Party

Defunct parties

Since the 2001 general election

* All for Victory * Youth Independent Movement

Since the 2006 general election

* And It's Called Peru * Andean Renaissance * Democratic Force * Democratic Reconstruction *

Independent Moralizing Front The Independent Moralizing Front () was a Peruvian political party. At the legislative elections, 8 April 2001, the party won 11.0% of the popular vote and 11 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic. Its presidential candidate at the e ...

* Let's Make Progress Peru * National Justice * Peru Now * Peruvian Resurgence * Project Country * With Force Peru

Since the 2011 general election

Decentralist Social Force Party The Decentralist Social Force Party () also known as Social Force () was a centre-left, social democratic, Peruvian political party. Founded in 1997 as the Party for Social Democracy (), it changed to its current name in 2007 after incorporating ...

(merged with

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* Justicie, Technology, and Ecology * National Awakening *

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* National Renewal * New Left Movement * New Majority *

Radical Change Radical Change (, CR, stylised with a backwards "R") is a conservative liberal political party in Colombia. After the elections on 12 March 2006, the party became one of the most important in the new Congress, receiving 20 seats in the lower ho ...

Sí Cumple Sí Cumple (approximate translation: "Keep Promises" or "He Delivers"), until 2005 called Let's Go Neighbor (, VV), was a political party of Peru founded by Alberto Fujimori in 1997 in order for the party to participate in that year's municipal e ...

Since the 2016 general election

* Hope Front *

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* Peru Progressing *

Possible Peru Possible Peru () was a Peruvian political party. It was founded in 1994 by Alejandro Toledo with the original name of Possible Country (). History Possible Peru has its roots in an earlier political party, Possible Country, which was founded ...

Since the 2021 general election

All for Peru All for Peru (, TPP), previously named National Coordinator of Independents (, CNI) was a centrist Peruvian political party. Founded as a party aimed at gathering independent politicians, it participated in the 2006 and 2011 general elections w ...

* Broad Front for Justice, Life and Freedom * Contigo (formerly

Peruvians for Change Peruvians for Change (, PPK) was a centre-right party in Peru. Founded and officially registered in October 2014, the party was described as conservative and liberal. Its leader was Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, President of Peru from 2016 until his ...

) * Let's Go Peru *

National Victory National Victory (, VN), is a Peruvian political party. Founded in late-2020, the party is the successor of the former National Restoration Party, founded and led by former evangelical pastor Humberto Lay. History In mid-2019, Humberto Lay res ...

(formerly National Restoration) *

National United Renaissance National United Renaissance (, RUNA) is a political party in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by ...

(formerly Always Together) *

Peruvian Nationalist Party Peruvian Nationalist Party (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista Peruano;'' PNP) is a Centre-left politics, centre-left to left-wing politics, left-wing political party in Peru. History The Nationalist Party had as its antecedent t ...

Union for Peru Union for Peru () is a Peruvian political party founded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, an ex-United Nations, UN Secretary General, in 1994 to run for the presidency of Peru in the 1995 Peruvian general election, 1995 general elections. Originally a ...

Historical political parties

Civilista Party The Civilista Party (, PC) was a political party in Peru. History Founded as a countermeasure against the growing power of the military in Peru during the first half of the Republic, the party's sole purpose was to establish a civilian rule in ...

(''Partido Civil'') * Decentralist Party * Decentralist Party of the South * Democrat Party * Democratic Party (''Partido Demócrata'') * Democratic Vanguard Party * Independent Civic Movement (''Movimiento Cívico Independiente'') *

Independent Civil Party The Independent Civil Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Civil Independiente'') was a political party in Peru. It was founded in 1911 as a splinter of the Civilista Party The Civilista Party (, PC) was a political party in Peru. History Founded as a ...

Labour Party of Peru Labour Party of Peru () was a political party in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in ...

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...

(''Partido Liberal del Perú'') *

National Alliance National Alliance may refer to: Electoral alliances *National Alliance (Egypt) (2015) * National Alliance (Ireland) (2024 onwards) * National Alliance (Pakistan) (2002-2004) *Nation Alliance (Turkey) (2018-2023) Political parties and organizations ...

* National Civic Union * National Union (''Unión Nacional'') *

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(''Partido Nacional'') * National Integration Party *

National Renewal Movement National Renewal Movement is the name of several political parties in Latin America: * National Renewal Movement (Peru) * National Renewal Movement (Bolivia) * National Renewal Movement (Panama) * National Renewal Movement (Paraguay) The Nationa ...

Nationalist Party of Peru (Eguiguren) Nationalist Party of Peru (in Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista del Perú'') was a political party in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in ...

Nationalist Party of Peru (Revilla) The Nationalist Party of Peru (in Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista del Perú'') was a political party in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, ...

* Odriíst National Union (''Unión Nacional Odriísta'') *

Peruvian Democratic Union Peruvian Democratic Union (in Spanish: ''Unión Democrática Peruana'') was a political party in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the ...

Regionalist National Party of the Centre Javier Luis Calmell del Solar (1882–1957) was a Peruvian politician. Elected to the Constitutional Congress of 1931 representing the fascist party Revolutionary Union, he also served in the Peruvian Senate from 1950 to 1956. He founded the ...

* Republican Party of Peru *

Revolutionary Democratic Action Revolutionary Democratic Action (in Spanish: ''Acción Democrática Revolucionaria''), was a political party in Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Col ...

Revolutionary Vanguard (Politico-Military) Revolutionary Vanguard (Politico-Military) (in Spanish: ''Vanguardia Revolucionaria (Político-Militar)'') was a militant Peruvian left group, and a splinter group of Revolutionary Vanguard Vanguardism, a core concept of Leninism, is the idea ...

* Urban Rural Trade Unionist Party of Peru

Former Coalitions

* Popular Action- Christian Democracy Alliance (''Alianza Acción Popular-Democracia Cristiana'') * APRA-UNO Coalition (''Coalición APRA-UNO'') * United Left (''Izquierda Unida'') * Democratic Convergence (''Convergencia Democrática'') * Socialist Left (''Socialist Left'') *

Democratic Front Democratic Front is a name used by political parties and alliances in several countries, such as: *Democratic Front (Albania) *Democratic Front for the Liberation of Angola *Democratic Front (Bosnia and Herzegovina) * Democratic Front (Cyprus) * Dem ...

(''Frente Democrático'', FREDEMO) *

Peru 2000 Peru 2000 () was a Peruvian right-wing political alliance that fielded candidates for the 2000 general elections. Alberto Fujimori and his political allies ran on the Peru 2000 ticket in which, Fujimori was triumphant in his second re-election a ...

(''Perú 2000'') *

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(''Unidad Nacional'') * Alliance for the Future (''Alianza por el Futuro'') *

Center Front The Centre Front (Spanish: ''Frente de Centro,'' FC), was a Peruvian political coalition formed by the parties Acción Popular (AP), Somos Perú (PDSP) and Coordinadora Nacional de Independientes (CNI) for the 2006 national election. Its leade ...

(''Frente de Centro'') * Decentralization Coalition (''Concertación Descentralista'') *

Alliance for the Great Change The Alliance for the Great Change—PPK () was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election to promote the presidential candidacy of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski ("PPK"). Constituent Parties * Christian People's Party (''Part ...

(''Alianza por el Gran Cambio'') *

Possible Peru Alliance The Possible Peru Electoral Alliance () was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election, dominated by the eponymous party Possible Peru and led by presidential candidate and ex-president Alejandro Toledo. Constituent Part ...

(''Alianza Electoral Perú Posible'') * Popular Alliance (''Alianza Popular'') *

Alliance for the Progress of Peru The Alliance for the Progress of Peru () was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2016 general election, dominated by the eponymous party Alliance for Progress and led by former Governor of La Libertad César Acuña Peralta. Constitu ...

(''Alianza para el Progreso del Perú'') *

National Solidarity Alliance The National Solidarity Alliance (, ASN) was an electoral alliance in Peru formed for the 2011 general election, dominated by the eponymous National Solidarity Party and led by presidential candidate Luis Castañeda. Constituent Parties * N ...

(''Alianza Solidaridad Nacional'')

Armed rebel groups

* Revolutionary Left Movement (''Movimiento de la Izquierda Revolucionaria'') *

Shining Path The Shining Path (, SL), self-named the Communist Party of Peru (, abbr. PCP), is a far-left political party and guerrilla group in Peru, following Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and Gonzalo Thought. Academics often refer to the group as the ...

(also known as ''Partido Comunista del Perú – Sendero Luminoso'') *

Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement The Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (, abbreviated MRTA) was a Peruvian Marxist-Leninist guerrilla army which started in the early 1980s. Their self-declared goal was to demonstrate to leftist groups in Peru that sought change through the ...

(''Movimiento Revolucionario Túpac Amaru'') *

Militarized Communist Party of Peru The Militarized Communist Party of Peru (, MPCP) is a political party and militant group in Peru that follows Marxism–Leninism–Maoism and participates in the Internal conflict in Peru, communist insurgency in Peru. It is considered a List of ...

(''Militarizado Partido Comunista del Perú'')

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Active Parties

Active parties without registration

Defunct parties

Since the 2001 general election

Since the 2006 general election

Since the 2011 general election

Since the 2016 general election

Since the 2021 general election

Historical political parties

Former Coalitions

Armed rebel groups

See also

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